The staff readied coffee, soft drinks, donuts, cookies, and finger sandwiches for the bank officers, employees, and others invited to Bart Carter's investment presentation. The room started to fill with people.
This would allow access to all bank systems and documents without involving you directly. I would attend board of director meetings as a nonvoting member ... John Taylor kept these documents nearby and handed them to Dan for evaluation.
A travelogue of a 19-year-old's journey home from Thailand to the UK without the aid of the internet, a mobile phone or GPS. Chance encounters, miles of solitude, rare experiences and a fair amount of luck.
Many times we fear the unexpected detour. Where will it take us? Where does it lead? We resist. We question. We fight the system. We would rather stay with the ordinary status quo and travel the safe, easy path knowing the road in front ...
From the celebrated author of The Spanish Bow and Behave, The Detour is a bittersweet novel about artistic obsession, misplaced idealism, diversions, and second chances, set along the beautiful back-roads of northern Italy.
She's on a tight deadline for her next book, and she has no intention of socializing with the other industry people at the conference. And then she hits the detour.
When a young man out walking with his dog injures himself and stumbles upon the remote farm rented by the mysterious Emilie, does he know what he is getting himself into? And what will happen when her husband and the policeman arrive?
Preston , for which Leylanders like myself affected a deep contempt - we pretended it was a recent growth , and nothing like as venerable as Leyland and its Hundred - was an untidy manu- facturing town , with the central part of which I ...
Manuscript-examiner Edward Fleming's search for his missing colleague leads to Saudi Arabia-and the unveiling of deadly secrets that threaten the entire foundation of Islam-in Hussaini's action-packed historical thriller.
Seventeen-year-old Livvy Flynn, a bestselling author of YA fiction, is kidnapped by a woman and her apparently manic daughter who have no intention of letting her go.
WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN PRIZE 'A wonderful novel.
With its engaging characters, compelling storyline, and exploration of social issues, this book offers a unique and immersive reading experience. Wilson McMillan This is fascinating story that I think you will love as much as I do.
This Book is Dedicated To: First and foremost to Belinda (Lynn) who put up with me for the 10 long years as I created this book To my mother Mary Wesson who believed that I could do it: To my brother Stephen Lucas who with a few words of ...
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When a snowstorm causes a road closure, she chalks it up to one more thing to go wrong.Little does she know the detour will take her to a town she never knew existed, and right into the path-and possible arms-of a man who might just be her ...